Patents by Inventor Koji Kawakita

Koji Kawakita has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240005482
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, the method including: obtaining, using at least one sensor of an information handling device facilitating a video conference, at least one image of a portion of a user of the information handling device participating in the video conference, wherein at least one participant in the video conference is located remotely with respect to the user; identifying, using an image diagnosis system, a condition of the portion of the user by analyzing the at least one image of the portion of the user; and transmitting, using the image diagnosis system, the condition to the at least one participant. Other aspects are claimed and described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sean C. Kelly, Koji Kawakita
  • Publication number: 20230413143
    Abstract: A system and a method for automatically switching between a WLAN primary data connection mode and a WWAN primary data connection mode within a mobile device include a switching control unit in communication with a WLAN communication device and a WWAN communication device. The switching control unit is configured to selectively and automatically switch the mobile device between the WLAN primary data connection mode and the WWAN primary data connection mode based on one or both of motion of the mobile device or a time period of the motion of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Philip J. Jakes, Kenneth Seethaler, Tin-Lup Wong, David Douglas, Koji Kawakita, Kazuo Fujii
  • Publication number: 20230276187
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes receiving sound at multiple microphones of a microphone array from multiple people at various locations about the microphone array. The received sound is encoded in at least one format capable of representing spatial locations of the multiple people. The encoded sound is transmitted in the at least one format to a remote user system capable of rendering the sound in a manner that conveys the spatial locations to a user of the remote user system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Tin-Lup Wong, David W. Douglas, Koji Kawakita, Kazuo Fujii
  • Publication number: 20230262300
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a first sensor that outputs a first output signal obtained by photoelectrically converting visible light incident through a color filter; a second sensor that outputs a second output signal obtained by photoelectrically converting visible light incident through a color filter or a third output signal obtained by photoelectrically converting light including infrared light incident without going through the color filter; a first processor that generates first image data based on the first output signal, and second image data based on the second output signal or the third output signal; a memory that temporarily stores the first image data and the second image data; a second processor that generates image data obtained by fusing the first image data and the second image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd
    Inventors: Koji Kawakita, Kazuo Fujii, David Douglas, Kenneth Scott Seethaler
  • Publication number: 20230195687
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, based on context data, a location of an information handling device; accessing a settings profile for the information handling device that is based on the identified location; determining, using a processor, whether at least one current setting on the information handling device is inconsistent with the settings profile; and adjusting, responsive to determining that the at least one current setting is inconsistent with the settings profile, the at least one current setting to match the settings profile for the location. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Kenneth Seethaler, Philip J. Jakes, Adam Cavenaugh, Tin-Lup Wong, Koji Kawakita, David Douglas, Kazuo Fujii
  • Publication number: 20230199383
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, using at least one camera sensor coupled to an information handling device, an image of a location; identifying, based upon analysis of the captured image, at least one user position in the location; determining, using a processor, whether a beamforming setting for a microphone array is optimized for the at least one user position; and adjusting, responsive to determining that the beamforming setting for the microphone array is not optimized for the at least one user position, the beamforming setting to an optimized beamforming setting. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Koji Kawakita, Tin-Lup Wong, Philip J Jakes, Kazuo Fujii, Kenneth Seethaler, David Douglas
  • Patent number: 11250144
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and program products are disclosed for operating a display in privacy mode. One apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to detect an individual within an unauthorized zone in the field of view of a camera. The code is executable by the processor to operate a display in privacy mode in response to detecting the individual within the unauthorized zone. Methods and computer program products that perform the functions of the apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kawakita, David W. Douglas, Tin-Lup Wong
  • Patent number: 11194411
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device may include at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive, from a stylus, at least one transmission indicating movement of the stylus. The instructions may also be executable to take, based on the at least one transmission, at least one action at the device. The stylus itself may include one or more motion sensors to sense the movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: David W. Douglas, Adam Jerome Cavenaugh, Kenneth Seethaler, Koji Kawakita
  • Patent number: 11163354
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a first chassis having a display unit; a second chassis having an input unit; a rotation mechanism which makes the first chassis rotatable with respect to the second chassis; a mode control unit which, when a tent mode is detected as a state where the first chassis and the second chassis are folded back to back, disables the permission of transition to a sleeping state, and enables a voice input function from a normal processing mode to change to a voice input processing mode in which a processing state of the system is maintained; and a power setting processing unit which changes, in the voice input processing mode, the setting of maximum power consumption to a setting lower than a setting in the normal processing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Kawakita
  • Publication number: 20210201935
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions that may be executable by the at least one processor to receive input from a camera in communication with the at least one processor and to determine, based on the input from the camera, whether a user is currently speaking. The instructions may also be executable to present a notification regarding whether to unmute at least one microphone accessible to the at least one processor responsive to a determination that the user is currently speaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Kenneth Seethaler, Adam Jerome Cavenaugh, Kazuo Fujii, Koji Kawakita
  • Patent number: 11049511
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions that may be executable by the at least one processor to receive input from a camera in communication with the at least one processor and to determine, based on the input from the camera, whether a user is currently speaking. The instructions may also be executable to present a notification regarding whether to unmute at least one microphone accessible to the at least one processor responsive to a determination that the user is currently speaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenneth Seethaler, Adam Jerome Cavenaugh, Kazuo Fujii, Koji Kawakita
  • Publication number: 20210181826
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a first chassis having a display unit; a second chassis having an input unit; a rotation mechanism which makes the first chassis rotatable with respect to the second chassis; a mode control unit which, when a tent mode is detected as a state where the first chassis and the second chassis are folded back to back, disables the permission of transition to a sleeping state, and enables a voice input function from a normal processing mode to change to a voice input processing mode in which a processing state of the system is maintained; and a power setting processing unit which changes, in the voice input processing mode, the setting of maximum power consumption to a setting lower than a setting in the normal processing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Kawakita
  • Patent number: 10866728
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a notch taskbar integrally coupled to an information handling device, an indication to perform an action, wherein the notch task bar is positioned adjacent to a notch of the information handling device; and performing, using a processor, the action Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: David W. Douglas, Koji Kawakita, Moriyuki Tsuchihashi, Kazuo Fujii
  • Patent number: 10867596
    Abstract: A voice assistant system includes a server apparatus performing voice assistant and a plurality of devices, in which the server apparatus and the devices are communicatively connected to each other. The plurality of devices each records the same user's speech through a microphone, and then transmits recorded data of the same user's speech to the server apparatus. The server apparatus receives the recorded data transmitted from each of the plurality of devices, and then voice-recognizes two or more of the received recorded data in accordance with a predetermined standard to thereby interpret the contents of the user's speech to perform the voice assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Masaharu Yoneda, Kazuhiro Kosugi, Koji Kawakita
  • Publication number: 20200311290
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and program products are disclosed for operating a display in privacy mode. One apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to detect an individual within an unauthorized zone in the field of view of a camera. The code is executable by the processor to operate a display in privacy mode in response to detecting the individual within the unauthorized zone. Methods and computer program products that perform the functions of the apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Koji Kawakita, David W. Douglas, Tin-Lup Wong
  • Patent number: 10748536
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first processing circuit configured to detect voice from ambient sounds in first processing, and when detecting voice after a state of detecting no voice continues for a first period of time or longer, shift procedure to second processing; a second processing circuit configured to determine whether the voice detected from the ambient sound includes a specific word or not in the second processing, while being configured, when the specific word appears within a second period of time after the shifting to the second processing, to shift the procedure to third processing, and, when the specific word does not appear within the second period of time, not to shift the procedure to the third processing; and a third processing circuit configured to activate the specific function in the third processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Hidehisa Mori, Masaharu Yoneda, Koji Kawakita, Toshikazu Horino
  • Patent number: 10713343
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for enabling voice access to a portable electronic device in a closed physical configuration with biometric authentication are disclosed. A device can have multiple physical configurations, including a closed configuration in which a display and/or user interface is not accessible. A biometric sensor disposed on an outer surface of the device in at least the closed configuration can be used to enable access to the device or secure functions of the device, via a voice engine or the like, even though the device is physically closed. In some embodiments, unsecure functions can be accessed via voice engine without use of the biometric sensor when the device is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kawakita, Yasumichi Tsukamoto, Michael William Stuart Ripp
  • Patent number: 10691178
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, a control method, and a program can more accurately distinguish a vibration added to a chassis from the detected vibration. The information processing apparatus includes a first chassis in which at least one first vibration detecting unit is provided; a second chassis in which at least one second vibration detecting unit is provided, a face of the second chassis overlapping with a face of the first chassis; and a controller. The controller determines a contact state of the first chassis based on relative characteristics of a first vibration that is a vibration detected by the first vibration detecting unit with respect to a second vibration that is a vibration detected by the second vibration detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Itoh, Fusanobu Nakamura, Kazuhiro Kosugi, Koji Kawakita
  • Patent number: 10650776
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a timing controller; a system device; and a display panel. The system device operates in accordance with at least a first operating system (OS) and a second OS, and outputs first original image data from the first OS and second original image data from the second OS to the timing controller. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a predetermined display area. The timing controller includes: a memory; a writing unit; and a reading unit. The memory has a storage area associated with the display area. The writing unit stores the first original image data in a first individual storage area assigned to the first OS in the storage area, and stores the second original image data in a second individual storage area assigned to the second OS in the storage area. The reading unit reads image data stored in the storage area, frame by frame, and outputs the image data to the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Moriyuki Tsuchihashi, Kazuo Fujii, Koji Kawakita, David William Douglas
  • Publication number: 20200125254
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a notch taskbar integrally coupled to an information handling device, an indication to perform an action, wherein the notch task bar is positioned adjacent to a notch of the information handling device; and performing, using a processor, the action Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: David W. Douglas, Koji Kawakita, Moriyuki Tsuchihashi, Kazuo Fujii